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Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   556   484   657   641   566   682   554   468   500   485   0
    Hispanic or Latino   21   27   29   25   22   33   23   13   13   9   0
    Not Hispanic or Latino   522   422   582   551   491   564   470   420   443   423   0
      American Indian or Alaska Native   16   16   9   9   9   8   10   7   7   9   0
      Asian   19   13   29   25   19   107   84   16   15   14   0
      Black or African American   25   9   17   14   11   15   10   4   3   2   0
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0
      White   461   382   523   503   452   433   366   393   418   396   0
      More than one race   0   2   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0
    Unknown ethnicity and race   13   35   46   65   53   85   61   35   44   53   0
  Temporary visa holders   264   232   195   196   195   0   76   184   177   169   0
  Science and engineering   787   677   815   803   717   647   599   620   645   621   0
    Science   599   502   635   650   537   511   467   487   534   515   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   59   63   65   50   43   47   44   48   53   48   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   132   78   93   102   126   98   156   164   180   183   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   18   18   0
      Computer and information sciences   53   44   104   58   38   27   14   24   36   33   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   83   64   55   99   101   89   86   87   105   85   0
      Mathematics and statistics   11   9   12   11   9   10   11   12   10   12   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   23   28   23   41   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   108   102   147   156   60   128   47   39   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   61   41   55   60   63   63   61   59   90   80   0
      Psychology   25   29   30   32   29   26   22   26   25   33   0
      Social sciences   44   44   51   41   68   23   26   28   17   23   0
    Engineering   188   175   180   153   180   136   132   133   111   106   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   20   10   21   19   71   21   22   11   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   19   19   0   3   11   13   13   17   18   12   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   49   47   47   41   41   38   44   47   37   35   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   45   41   63   30   10   14   12   17   21   27   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   44   45   49   58   46   44   38   37   29   26   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   11   13   0   2   1   6   3   4   6   6   0
    Health   33   39   37   34   44   35   31   32   32   33   0
      Clinical medicine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other health   33   39   37   34   44   35   31   32   32   33   0

NOTES:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

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